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1st July

Singapore Economy

  • Bank lending contracts; Moody's downgrades outlook
  • Local market unscathed in June despite Brexit jitters

Singapore Real Estate

  • Singapore private home prices weaken for 11ths straight quarter, down 0.4% in Q2: URA flash data
  • Jurong Country Club noteholders demand early redemption from JTC
  • Asia-Pac real estate transparency improves the most: JLL survey
  • Funan mall closes with farewell party
  • Riverview reopens under Four Points brand

Companies' Brief

  • GLP makes 4.9b yen development profit from Japan asset sale
  • EC World Reit to raise up to S$663 million in initial public offering
  • Yanlord Land Group
  • Sim Lian Group
  • Chiwayland International

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Homing in on an overseas property
  • Tourist arrival rebound points to better year for hospitality Reits
  • Higher public carpark charges from Dec 1
  • Electric car-sharing scheme to be rolled out from 2017
  • Asia bullish as post-Brexit rally continues
  • MAS advises investors to be mindful of currency exchange risks
  • Firms to get 250% tax deduction if staff help at charities
  • Changes to consumer law will also better protect against errant contractors

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • British Columbia to end self regulation of real estate industry
  • San Francisco landlords face dip as startup frenzy ebbs
  • HK govt expands land supply but few takers
  • Breathtaking, 14,000-Acre Ranch Near Aspen for Sale at $32.5 Million
  • China factory activity stalls in June, more stimulus expected
2nd, 3rd & 4th July

Singapore Economy

  • Engineering remains key to Singapore's future: PM Lee
  • Brexit may dampen S'pore banks' prospects

Singapore Real Estate

  • HDB resale prices inch up 0.1% in Q2
  • Bottoming seen in home prices, going by URA data
  • Treasure Crest EC e-applications outnumber units

Companies' Brief

  • Keppel consolidates asset management businesses
  • Edmund Tie & Co: There and back again
  • Ascendas Reit
  • CapitaLand Mall Trust
  • UOL Group
  • The billionaire retail rebel

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Malls, office buildings set to charge higher parking fees
  • Levy HDB rates or higher to park on private estate roads
  • Price rise will help allocate scarce carpark space efficiently
  • Higher parking fees may drive fresh price hikes
  • Brexit unlikely to cause global recession

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Post-Brexit, markets now focus on prospects of rates staying low
  • Sweden faces housing crunch despite government building plan
  • Barcelona raises maximum fine for illegal home rental to 600,000 euros
  • More choices for Manhattan homebuyers as resale supply jumps
  • Jakarta plans emergency law to let foreigners buy apartments
  • China factory activity stalls in June: survey
  • KL, suburbs get 25 new LRT stations
  • US factory activity edges up in June
  • Airbnb in bitter disputes with New York and San Francisco
  • Saudi Q1 economic growth slowest in 3 years
5th July

Top Stories

  • Brexit adds to the jitters in O&M sector's recovery

Singapore Economy

  • S'pore June PMI slumps, putting aside talk of 'green shoots'

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property cooling steps not going away yet: Report
  • StreetSine launches AI chatbot for property sector
  • Industrial property in Jurong up for sale
  • Got a property question? Tap Sevi
  • Region's retail sector expected to remain resilient

Companies' Brief

  • MMP Resources plans to buy Hokkaido ski operator for S$1m
  • CapitaLand Commercial Trust
  • Tiong Seng Holdings
  • Stanchart private equity arm buys stake in Phoon Huat

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Analysts see further boost to S-Reits amid Brexit fallout
  • Parking fee hike after big jump in running costs

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Realtors pitch Toronto, Vancouver to soak up capital flight from Brexit
  • Brooklyn neighbourhood is where Airbnb is being put to the test
  • UK slashing corporate tax to keep investment inflow
  • Brexit a wake-up call for Asean, says Indonesian minister
6th & 7th July

Singapore Economy

  • Brexit won't hurt just UK-EU trade, says World Bank
  • Brexit unlikely to affect trade, investment in East Asia & Pacific
  • Asia-Pacific economic picture outside of China brightens: S&P
  • Private sector output at 5-month high

Singapore Real Estate

  • In high spirits despite post-Brexit hangover
  • Claremont hotel going for S$90m
  • Wing Tai sells stake in condo to joint venture partner CDL

Companies' Brief

  • Greenland to spin off six hotels in Reit or private fund
  • MCT makes S$1.78b purchase from sponsor

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Investors should guard against complacency in post-Brexit world
  • UK's lower corporate tax unlikely to affect Singapore
  • Funds drawn to S-Reits amid post-Brexit worries
  • Two bumper deals stir up IPO scene
  • Hotels catering to growing number of Muslim travellers

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Factory orders in May dip after two straight months of rises
  • Sterling continues to slide, touching 31-year low
  • Shareholders lose out in Vanke takeover fight
  • Uniqlo suspends most travel to Bangladesh; hotel cancellations up
  • Real estate funds in UK freeze withdrawals
  • Brexit may shatter British dream of a home in the Spanish sun
  • US landlords help tenants buy their properties
  • US hoteliers find Airbnb in Cuba, before them
  • RBA holds rates, stays silent on further easing
  • France lures London bankers with extra tax break
  • Billionaire Tom Barrack's Wine and Polo Pursuits
8th July

Singapore Economy

  • Temasek returns -9% in FY2016 - its worst showing since 2009

Singapore Real Estate

  • Nine shop units in Holland Road Shopping Centre up for sale
  • Property circuit excited over 2 big deals for good reason
  • SRX Property data differs from HDB flash figures
  • Northwave EC gets 240 e-applications for 358 units, Treasure Crest EC over-subscribed

Companies' Brief

  • SPH Reit's Q3 DPU higher at 1.36 cents
  • Lum Chang MD and sons launch takeover offer for Ellipsiz
  • Amex, CapitaLand tie up in big-data trawl
  • Global Logistic Properties

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Britain's housing market remains strong
  • Asia investors are at risk from slide in London property prices
  • Fixed deposit-linked home loans getting more popular

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Fed minutes suggest uncertain outlook over Brexit
  • China faces innovation centre glut as top-down policy backfires
  • How the Hamptons Became a Pop-Up Breeding Ground
  • Brexiled? What Your London Broomcloset Buys in Europe
  • Italy's plan to shore up its banks could roil Europe
  • OECD employment levels recovering, but 'job quality is low'
  • 3 more property funds halt withdrawals after Brexit vote
9th, 10th & 11th July

Top Stories

  • Phase 1 of 150km green trail will start at year end

Singapore Economy

  • Parliament to discuss Brexit impact on S'pore
  • What S'pore considers when urban planning
  • Brexit throws up interesting punts - but caution still rules
  • Few expect MAS to act on latest Singdollar surge

Singapore Real Estate

  • Errors in analyst's report on SRX Property's HDB data
  • Northwave EC posts dismal first-day sales of about 20 units
  • Bangladeshi group pays S$135m for Centrium Square's retail space
  • Park Mall to shut at end of September
  • Luxury homes hit auction floors as sale, rental prospects wane

Companies' Brief

  • Singapore property/Reits | Overweight

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Basel III rules may cause another property-fuelled crisis
  • Tougher rules on lift, escalator upkeep to improve safety
  • Feedback wanted on allowing double tax deduction for costs
  • Singapore governance in a troubled post-Brexit world
  • Frozen UK property funds not sold to retail investors here
  • Living with robots

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • China's soft inflation, grim global outlook point to more stimulus
  • G-20 nations pledge to boost trade despite growing protectionism
  • IMF warns of euro area downside risks
  • Japan's service-sector sentiment weakens on post-Brexit yen gain
  • Vietnam's economy seen slowing to 6.2-6.3% this year
  • British property panic a red flag for banks, insurers
  • Europe's banking sector on the brink
  • Manhattan tenants ditch higher rents for flood of better deals
  • S Korea's 20t won stimulus plan lifts builders from 11-year lows
12th July

Singapore Economy

  • New CBD in Jurong to offer flexible spaces for future economy
  • Brexit likely to dampen global growth: Tharman
  • MAS can make grants to IMF with House's approval

Singapore Real Estate

  • HDB inks pact to explore materials that cut noise
  • Surbana Jurong launches 'Smart City in a Box'
  • Asia Square Tower 1 sets Asia-Pac record
  • Tee Land unit buys Geylang site for S$20 million

Companies' Brief

  • Chiwayland making foray into US property market
  • SGX S-Reits outperform benchmark MSCI World Reit Index

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Playing it safe with escalators
  • MOM concerned with "deteriorating" workplace safety situation: Lim Swee Say
  • Do more to protect against rogue contractors

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Yen slips as Tokyo stocks jump
  • Yuexiu acquires residential parcel in Zhejiang for 986m yuan
13th July

Singapore Economy

  • More banking reform work ahead, says MAS chief
  • Singapore shares open 0.37% higher on Wednesday
  • Call for SMEs to evolve to thrive in future economy
  • S’pore’s growth sluggish in Q2, keeps central bank pressured

Singapore Real Estate

  • Weak sentiment still weighing down Singapore property market, says Redas chief Augustine Tan
  • Property cooling measures to stay till at least 2017: analysts
  • S'pore to build 5th desalination plant on Jurong Island
  • Investors advised to seek Asian assets with stable income, rental upside
  • Rents of Grade A CBD offices, prime retail spots facing pressure
  • SRX non-landed private home price index rises four months in a row
  • Making Jurong district a viable second CBD
  • Knowledge city in Guangzhou to get smart eco tech centre

Companies' Brief

  • Don't let S-chip baggage cloud judgement of Chinese Reits
  • CapitaLand unit buys Melbourne property through joint venture

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Brexit's fallout comes into focus, and uncertainty will prevail
  • Temasek shifts focus to tech amid global search for yield

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Bond investors likely to drop longer dated Japan debt for shorter dated
  • Yen sheds post-Brexit gains after Japan election
  • Property firms expect Frankfurt to win big from Brexit
  • Asian markets within reach of 2016 peak as global stocks erase Brexit losses
  • $6.25 Million Gramercy Park Penthouse Needs a Buyer
14th July

Singapore Economy

  • Digital age means companies can be born global players: Iswaran
  • Singapore economy grows 2.2% in Q2, in line with expectations

Singapore Real Estate

  • GIC invests in fund that bought Korean logistics centre for US$130m
  • Sim Lian prices Treasure Crest at an average S$742 psf
  • Private condo rents flat, HDB rents dip in June: SRX Property
  • Smart tools to drive HDB town planning
  • 2 HDB projects get ABC Waters certification

Companies' Brief

  • Soilbuild sees challenge amid slowdown in manufacturing sector
  • Yanlord to develop site in Suzhou with China Ping An Insurance unit

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • 3M lighting solutions on trial in HDB corridors, carparks
  • Financing retirement needs by extracting housing equity
  • Why the ABSD and other property cooling measures should stay

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • China's economy expected to grow 6.5% to 6.7% in Q2
  • China's trade weakens as June exports, imports fall
  • Legal activists seek to block Indonesia's tax amnesty plan
  • Miami's 'Condo King' prepares to hand over empire to his sons
  • Jin Jiang not checking into AccorHotels board for now
  • Bank Negara makes surprise interest rate cut
  • Google HQ plan given new life after Silicon Valley land swap
  • PE firms see new allure in old-world Indian retail
15th July

Singapore Economy

  • External factors create uncertainty for S'pore's H2
  • BOE surprises markets by holding rates, signals August loosening
  • PSB Academy starts work on S$15m city campus

Singapore Real Estate

  • Luxury condo deals double in first half
  • Retail woes: Don’t blame the landlords
  • Competition watchdog looks into supply of HDB lift spare parts
  • Fancy cooking your meal in a mall's shared kitchen?

Companies' Brief

  • First Reit's Q2 DPU edges up on Kupang acquisition

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • BNM rate cut: No big impact on margins seen
  • Plan it right for second CBD
  • S’pore businesses sharpen Asean focus amid Brexit uncertainty
  • S’porean millennials lead in online cross-border shopping

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Yen hit again as bullish spell continues for global stocks
  • Bank of Korea holds key rate at record low, cuts growth forecast
  • Bank of England keeps rates unchanged
  • Brexit vote ravages sentiment in UK housing market: poll
  • Galaxy woos big shoppers as Macau gaming slumps
  • Seller-financed home sales are 'toxic transactions'
  • California Fitness closes all its gyms in Hong Kong
16th, 17th & 18th July

Top Stories

  • Government to take over SMRT's rail assets
  • Box traffic set to dip in Singapore

Singapore Economy

  • Motor sales power May's retail sales growth to 3%
  • CEOs appointed for two new statutory boards
  • Good response for urbanisation forum

Singapore Real Estate

  • New sales of private homes up 10% in H1
  • ION Orchard ups its F&B game

Companies' Brief

  • FCT declares 3.04 cents for Q3 DPU
  • SPH Q3 profit falls 46.4% on impairments in magazines
  • Director buying falls, selling stays low

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • So you want to go en bloc...
  • E-commerce putting heat on hotels, real estate market
  • Do more to ensure safety of buildings
  • Riding on the Belt and Road Initiative
  • Private estate residents say unfair to introduce paid parking outside their houses, but others say roads are public spaces
  • Is Singapore Inc destroying value?
  • Asean - the new growth frontier
  • MAS lowers capital provisions for insurers

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • China Q2 GDP strong but weakness ahead
  • Retail sales, consumer prices rise
  • Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail tender to be called 'within a year'
  • Property, construction boost China economy
  • Billionaire shows how small buildings in NYC can mean big money
  • Japan's Fast Retailing feels Brexit sting as yen strengthens
  • Uncertainty is the only certainty for UK landlords post-Brexit
  • Historic Brick Farm 30 Minutes from NYC Is Up for $10.5 Million
  • Brexit Means You Might Be Able to Afford a Scottish Castle (or Two)
  • Malaysia's new central bank governor leaves economists puzzled
  • Providing solutions for sustainable urbanisation in China
  • Jakarta's tax amnesty to start on Monday
  • China's online retailers move into real world
19th July

Top Stories

  • SGX to hive off regulatory functions

Singapore Economy

  • Temasek may take SMRT private: sources
  • S'pore inflation expectation hits a 5-year low
  • June exports fall as growth slows in key markets

Singapore Real Estate

  • Sentosa to develop two new attractions
  • 72% of units at Treasure Crest EC sold at weekend

Companies' Brief

  • Religare: EC World Reit's yield not worth the risks
  • Keppel DC Reit's Q2 DPU up 3.1%
  • Keppel Infrastructure Q2 profit lifted by Basslink compensation
  • GKE Corporation

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Land may not be smartest place for one's nest egg
  • Malls, crowded places advised to gear up for terror threats
  • E-commerce putting heat on hotels, real estate market
  • Temasek's potential buyout of SMRT unlikely a nationalisation move, say analysts
  • Singapore bondholders brace for defaults as borrowers seek easier terms
  • Retail, infocomm see happier customers

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Outlook positive for Asia's developing economies: ADB
  • Indonesia starts new tax amnesty programme to boost tax revenues
  • 42% of Hong Kong residents want to leave, survey by independent think-tank finds
  • UK developers offer incentives to entice buyers
  • China sees slowing home price growth in June
  • China June home prices rise 7.3% on year but monthly gains slow further
20th July

Top Stories

  • Singapore to KL in 90 minutes: High-speed rail targets 2026 start date

Singapore Economy

  • Tharman optimistic about future of Chinese economy

Singapore Real Estate

  • Keppel and CapitaLand groups sweep corporate governance 'Oscars'
  • Setting FCL on a long-term growth path (Singapore Corporate Awards 2016)
  • Sports and business are largely intertwined (Singapore Corporate Awards 2016)
  • A strong business case for sustainability (Singapore Corporate Awards 2016)
  • Communication and transparency are vital (Singapore Corporate Awards 2016)
  • Surbana Jurong to set up Sri Lanka consultancy

Companies' Brief

  • Sale of Sydney office building hits Keppel Reit in Q2

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Second CBD must be viably different

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • China needs new growth driver as urbanisation is reaching its limit
  • China working on new office to lure overseas talent
  • IMF downgrades global outlook on Brexit vote
  • Brexit uncertainty leads IMF to cut world growth forecast
  • Pre-sales of London homes down 34% on Brexit woes
  • NZ central bank restricts borrowing for property
  • Hampton home sales, prices down on share market jitters
  • Home prices soar in some US cities
  • Gagosian Gallery to Pay $4.28 Million in Tax Settlement
  • This $14 Million Ranch Has a Go-Kart Track and a $1 Million Pool
21st July

Top Stories

  • Temasek offers S$1.68 a share to take SMRT private in S$1.2b deal
  • What's driving the privatisation?

Singapore Economy

  • Push for new laws to make S'pore a debt workout centre
  • Singapore-KL High Speed Rail: Big gains for Singapore a decade from now, say experts

Singapore Real Estate

  • BCA opens SkyLab to lift green building technology research
  • AHTC to award contract on Town Council Accounting System 'shortly'
  • Decision on HSR alignment, land acquisition will take years, say experts

Companies' Brief

  • Ascott Reit keeps faith with London
  • EC World Reit prices IPO at 81 cents apiece
  • Keppel unit bags S$100m contracts
  • JV contributions help CCT lift DPU for second quarter
  • Two new Keppel Capital funds hope to raise US$1.5b
  • US purchases pay off for Ascott Reit
  • What's fuelling Bt Sembawang rally?
  • Coldwell Banker adds 7 franchisees

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Singapore: from planned chaos to a distinctive city
  • Reits’ unrealistic rent demands contributing to S’pore’s retail woes

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Recent market rebound from Brexit-linked losses premature and risky: IIF
  • US$ hits 4-month high on rate hike expectations
  • Wheelock sells HK Peak mansion for HK$630m
  • Foreign cash reviving home building in Spain
  • Canadian developers start building only after getting high sales
  • Hedge funds turn bullish as China weathers slower growth, Brexit vote
22nd July

Singapore Economy

  • STI drifts to weaker close
  • SMRT shares close 6.5% up after Temasek buyout offer
  • Retail spending: big data is the name of the game

Singapore Real Estate

  • Khaw: Govt mulling direct MRT link from airport to city and to high-speed rail terminus
  • Singapore commercial space prices, rentals fall further in Q2
  • 'Pervasive' lapses found in WP town council
  • Prime property market warming up
  • Singapore private home prices weaken for 11th straight quarter, vacancy rate hits 16-year high
  • HDB resale prices remain unchanged in Q2, transactions on up
  • Funan mall redevelopment will cost S$560m, be completed by Q4 2019

Companies' Brief

  • Suntec Reit's Q2 DPU flat at 2.5 cents
  • Keppel's Q2 profit falls 48.1% to S$205.8m
  • New acquisitions boost A-Reit's Q1 distribution
  • CapitaLand Mall Trust posts 1.1% rise in Q2 DPU on higher property income

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Private-equity deals slow in Q1: report

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • A new building in Queens that can't be overlooked: a library
  • High-end hotels to open in Tokyo in response to rise in visitors
  • Japan property firms get 50-year long-term loans
  • High eco-city bid shows confidence
  • Apartments in Indonesia for sale to foreigners soon
  • Asia dips as weak results halt bull run on Wall St., yen holds gains
  • Billionaire Caribbean Retreat Offers Total Privacy for $7.2 Million
23rd, 24th & 25th July

Top Stories

  • Funds seek opportunities amid 'lower for longer' setting

Singapore Economy

  • SME-friendly taxation for fairness: Tharman
  • S'pore firms eye growth opportunities in Australia
  • Singapore businesses nervous amid volatile economy: poll

Singapore Real Estate

  • Q2 home prices show signs of bottoming out
  • Steeper falls in office and retail rents in Q2: URA
  • New Jurong buzz triggers red-hot response at condo launch
  • Khong Guan puts Tai Seng property up for sale
  • CMT to fork out S$560m for Funan redevelopment

Companies' Brief

  • Sephora remains upbeat about Singapore retail sector
  • Cambridge Industrial Trust's Q2 DPU falls in absence of one-off items
  • Clio puts on its best face to woo Asia
  • Frasers Commercial Trust posts higher Q3 earnings
  • Ascendas India Trust
  • City Developments Ltd
  • Lum Chang Holdings
  • Rowsley
  • Suntec Reit
  • Ascendas Reit
  • Ascott Residence Trust

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • A few steps? HDB to make homes more elderly-friendly
  • The dos and don'ts of growth investing
  • Airbnb must adapt to laws of the land
  • Paid parking sends strong signal to private home owners

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • UK economy wilts after Brexit as PMI dips most in 20 years
  • Locals priced out by tourists in Lisbon: the Airbnb effect in the historic centre
  • Can't find a room at the Rio Olympics? Try the luxury sex suite
  • Change in law to start avalanche of foreign investment in Brazil land
  • Economist Karl Case, developer of Home Price Index, dies at 69
  • US existing home sales in June hit highest level since '07
  • China's Wanda to sell Madrid project for 272m euros
  • China Vanke, top shareholder face questioning from securities regulator
  • Denmark mortgage bank warns of 'out of control' housing market
  • Here Are the Luxe Amenities in NYC's Tallest Residential Building
26th July

Singapore Economy

  • June CPI prompts confidence in MAS policy continuity but woes on Brexit impact
  • S'pore manufacturing gets boost from 3M's S$135m Tuas expansion
  • Indonesian tax amnesty could spark outflow from Singapore
  • Inflation making 'modest ascent' after bottoming out: MAS
  • Sluggish growth amid Brexit; financial services gains to ease

Singapore Real Estate

  • Property cooling measures to stay amid lower-for-longer rates
  • Asia Pacific's first-half hotel transaction volume rises 13.2%
  • Four sites on auction as firm winds up

Companies' Brief

  • Mapletree Logistics' Q1 DPU stays at 1.85 cents
  • Crowdo gets full securities crowdfunding licence

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Making homes elderly-friendly

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • World Bank 'planning SDR bonds in China'
  • Yuan fails haven test ahead of reserve basket move
  • More inquiries received from Chinese buyers after Brexit vote
  • Hammerson: UK property market facing uncertainty after Brexit vote
  • Rio Olympic village unfit for occupancy; athletes refuse to move in
  • Dinner, movies and colonoscopy at a mall in future
  • LVMH to sell Donna Karan International for $885m
  • Yellen waiting for strong evidence to hike rates
  • Chinese bank to sell $2.2b of bad debt as securities
  • Fortune Reit's takings rise 6% for first half of the year
  • Crazy 12-Bedroom New England Lake Compound Is Up for Half Price
  • AMC offers $1.6b for Carmike Cinemas
  • Melbourne plans $11b rail system to relieve congestion
27th July

Singapore Economy

  • S$100m fund set aside to boost quality and standards ecosystem
  • S'pore may overtake London in fintech amid Brexit fallout
  • Changi Airport ranks 3rd in traveller spending
  • S’pore banks facing earnings stumble as bad loans, sibor bite
  • S’pore banks facing earnings stumble as bad loans, sibor bite
  • Changes to Town Councils Act ‘should retain its spirit’
  • Mandai masterplan tweaked to lower impact on environment

Companies' Brief

  • Marina Bay Sands Q2 earnings dip 1.7% to US$357m
  • Mapletree Commercial Trust's DPU up 1% in Q1
  • Fullerton eyes defence, China real estate

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • Rate cuts are better than negative rates

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • June new-home sales rise at fastest pace since Feb '08
  • Yen reaches two-week high against euro
  • Sun Hung Kai slices margins to push sales, beats target
  • Brooklyn developer Leser Group taps Israeli market for 125m shekel bond issue
  • Mainland Chinese underpin HK luxury rents: Savills
  • New York's first zoning resolution turns 100
  • Overseas buyers of Vancouver homes face additional tax
  • Negative interest rates force Japan pension fund to adopt riskier investment strategy
  • Wanda boss heads for record M&A year with US$16b in deals
  • Knocking on India's Smart Cities door
28th July

Singapore Economy

  • New bankruptcy rules kick in from August
  • Banks welcome MAS guidelines on cloud computing
  • Four ways Singapore will elevate role of quality and standards

Singapore Real Estate

  • Corals at Keppel Bay owners to get integrated smart home app
  • Paving the way for more inclusive buildings
  • Who’s Who In Property (The Business Times, epaper, Page 25-44)

Companies' Brief

  • CapitaLand Retail China's Q2 DPU falls 4.4%
  • Viva Industrial Trust's Q2 DPS down 5.4%
  • Lian Beng's Q4 net profit down 43.9%

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • So what's driving higher parking fees?
  • Raising construction sector productivity - with an app

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Abe unveils record 28t yen shot-in-arm for economy
  • Canadian oil town apartment owner's stock most shorted as bears circle
  • Dalian Wanda buyout deal gets Glass Lewis backing
  • Landlord AvalonBay woos tenants by hiking rent concessions
  • Errant landlord arrested in New York
  • Beijing's real estate sales in 2015 surge 64.8%
  • De Blasio's NY housing plan seen falling short
  • Britain's Rightmove says property sales fell ahead of Brexit vote
  • GSK to invest $490m in UK despite Brexit vote
  • Buy a Paper Mill Heiress’s Greenwich Mansion for $5.5 Million
29th July

Singapore Economy

  • Unemployment in S'pore creeps up to 2.1% in June: MOM
  • Bike-sharing pilot could be expanded to Marina Bay/city centre, Tampines and Pasir Ris towns

Singapore Real Estate

  • Industrial property prices could fall further: analysts
  • Prices of completed private apartments, condos up 0.6% in June: NUS index
  • Compass One to reopen in September with larger library, new playground
  • Woodlands envisioned as Singapore’s Northern Gateway
  • New BCA rules for building owners to improve accessibility for less mobile persons

Companies' Brief

  • CDL working on PPS for Nouvel 18: sources
  • Far East Hospitality Trust's Q2 DPS falls 12.9% on lower NPI
  • GSH expands into Chinese real estate
  • CDL H-Trust's Q2 DPS falls 0.9% on weaker net property income
  • SC Global introduces enhanced purchase plan for Hilltops units
  • Chiwayland enters JV to develop residential project in Wuhan
  • Ascendas India Trust invests in Hyderabad IT building
  • Singapore's first Apple Store looks set for November opening
  • Temasek takes stake in Italian fashion company

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • Fed says risks have diminished as it leaves rates unchanged
  • China set to welcome first SDR bonds since 1980s
  • Asia's worst property market now on the mend
  • US jobless claims rise; labour market still strong
  • Housing boom spurs Canada lumber surge as US mulls import duty
  • Brexit to weaken UK housing in near-term, Nationwide says
  • Airbnb rentals planned by Japan real estate firm on tourist boom
30th & 31st July

Top Stories

  • Demand for turning condos to serviced apartments wanes

Singapore Economy

  • Savvy investors 'can benefit from Brexit-like events'
  • Singapore shares open 0.26% higher on Monday
  • Bank loans down for 9th straight month in June
  • Local services firms more upbeat in hiring
  • Emerging markets back in the black
  • Rise in EP qualifying pay could affect bottom lines, say observers

Singapore Real Estate

  • Queen Astrid Park GCB fetches S$44.5m
  • Need for Reit sponsors to be more committed
  • HDB bags award for green innovations

Companies' Brief

  • MGCCT's Q1 DPU rises 9.1% to 1.85 cents
  • Roxy-Pacific's Q2 profit rises 53% to S$19.9m on fair value gains
  • Starhill Reit FY16 DPU up 1.4%
  • CDLHT says hotel rates will stay competitive amid supply
  • Frasers Hospitality Trust sees Q3 distributable income rise
  • FEHT expects S'pore hospitality industry to stay competitive
  • School property in Hillside Drive goes for $68m
  • Boutique developer eyes Catalist listing

Views, Reviews & Forum

  • 2005: Singapore rolls dice with casino plans
  • Funding Societies sees overheating in crowdfunding
  • Time for Singapore to consider changes to grow its tourism receipts

Global Economy & Global Real Estate

  • US stocks end week on flat note
  • Investors start buying London property again
  • Thousands of Maryland homes certified as lead-free may not be
  • China economic woes, ecology fears hit reclaimed city off S'pore
  • China steps up campaign to curb rising risks in financial sector
  • Australia home price growth slows in July: CoreLogic
  • Sinarmas Land and KOP to develop Nuvasa Bay areas in Batam
  • UK mortgage approvals fall to 13-month low on Brexit jitters
  • NZ building consents up 35% in the year to June
  • US GDP grows 1.2% in Q2 as inventories fall
  • Asian shares edge up as soft US GDP cuts Fed rate hike bets